October 2011
1 post
September 2011
1 post
The Entire Economy of Singapore
thingsappleisworthmorethan:
Singapore is one of the wealthiest countries in the world owing to a government that is hyper-friendly towards business yet very strict on corruption.
The country boasts an astounding $70,000 GDP per capita rate and has been minting millionaires by the truckload despite the global economic turbulence of the last decade.
Singapore’s national GDP in 2016 is...
August 2011
3 posts
3 tags
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Happy RVA Day? 8/04
July 2011
4 posts
May I please get 75 of the ‘Garden of Love’ series stamps?
– Ugh, something I’m about to say at the post office. (via jephkelley)
#humblebrag ?
YouTube Redesign Preview, Dubbed ‘Cosmic Panda’ →
cameronmoll:
Another preview of a redesign by Google Inc., this one for YouTube, and it’s difficult to not like the UI improvements.
June 2011
5 posts
An open letter to Jeff Bezos
lendle:
Hello, Mr. Bezos.
We’ve been building to this for some time now, but we thought it was high time that we introduce ourselves. We operate what we truly believe to be the most successful Kindle-centric social lending service: Lendle.
We hope we’re already on your radar.
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Manly
Me: So the Dallas Mavericks won a Tony Award or something?
JK: Why was the chick from Fargo just dribbling a basketball?
Me: I think we can all agree that Neil Patrick Harris is the best basketball announcer around.
May 2011
2 posts
Carousel: Instagram on Your Mac →
cameronmoll:
This is some lovely UI work. It’s like Twitter for Mac, but for Instagram pics.
/via @chartier
High praise from Cameron about Richmond’s own Mobelux.
January 2011
2 posts
December 2010
3 posts
Maniacal Rage: Too Many Words about Tron →
maniacalrage:
I watched Tron last night in preparation for hopefully seeing Tron: Legacy at some point in the next few weeks. Prior to this screening, I had only seen Tron once, some time around 1988 or so. Needless to say, as a kid I simply enjoyed the visuals and the idea of entering the computer world,…
Considering that the events of Tron: Legacy are apparently set into motion by a...
November 2010
1 post
October 2010
1 post
September 2010
6 posts
Browser UI for Photoshop →
cameronmoll:
How handy is this? Create a browser window around any size document, existing or new, with this Photoshop action by Ben Shoults. Just $3 gets you individual actions for Chrome, Safari, and Firefox.
And generously, Ben is donating all proceeds to the Authentic Jobs charity: water campaign for the next 5 days.
Very handy tool.
Downhill With the G.O.P. →
johnaugust:
The “Pledge to America” aims to end the deficit by increasing it tremendously. Oh, and no cuts to anything that might win votes.
Down the Avenue: The Sex Predator And I →
jephkelley:
It has come to my attention that our townhouse is within the vicinity - about 100 feet - of a registered sex offender.
Now, I know what you’re thinking: mustache, creepy dude, pedophile eyeglasses. Think different. Tone your mental image down a bit. Go younger. Thinner. Remove minors from your…
Wait, so you’re saying you’re NOT a sex offender? Unfollow.
August 2010
2 posts
Letterpress Storewide Sale: 25% Off
cameronmoll:
Call it an end-of-summer sale, back-to-school sale, whatever works best. Now through August 31, all letterpress poster items are available for purchase at 25% off.
Additionally, receive a free copy of the Palatino Glyphs Poster ($40 value) with the purchase of a Colosseo Poster, Colosseo Limited Edition Poster, or Salt Lake Poster.
Sale ends August 31, 2010.
I want this...
June 2010
2 posts
iPhone 4: 600,000 Pre-ordered on Day 1 →
cameronmoll:
An official statement by Apple, reportedly. (I’ve been hunting for an official Apple.com link but can’t find one. Until then, this will have to do.)
Here’s the official statement: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/06/16iphone.html
Neven Mrgan's tumbl: The Walled Garden →
This photo shows a walled garden*:
It is the Portland Japanese Garden, a city landmark that should be on any visitor’s shortlist. It’s beautiful, peaceful, clean, and well visited. Some consider it the most authentic Japanese garden worldwide (outside of Japan).
The garden is also…
May 2010
4 posts
Families and Values →
National Journal’s Jonathan Rauch on divorce rate and average age of first-time moms and finds less divorce and fewer young moms in blue states:
The country’s lowest divorce rate belongs to none other than Massachusetts, the original home of same-sex marriage. Palinites might wish that Massachusetts’s enviable marital stability were an anomaly, but it is not. The pattern is...
Prettify* Finally Has Its Own Domain →
I don’t search on domain registrars anymore; I use the Whois command in terminal. I don’t know if it makes a difference or not, but it seems to help.
maniacalrage:
Finally got around to doing something I meant to do more than a year ago—I moved Prettify from a simple Tumblr domain (prettify.tumblr.com) to its own real domain (prettifyit.com) where it will be from now on. All old...
Why Ad Agencies Shouldn't Do Social Media →
Perhaps too serious for tumblr, but no one reads this blog anyway…
April 2010
4 posts
March 2010
3 posts
Airports Suck
Me: hearing someone chew is awesome
Me: wish I could do it all the time.
Nick: airports suck
Me: i was trying to avoid putting my headphones in, because my ears get tired, and I have a long flight coming up
Nick: yeah... same i really don't like headphones
Me: but I will literally murder this guy if I have to hear him chomp on whatever he is chomping on.
Nick: damn i was hoping to find out what it was...
How to get Tumblr and Buzz to play nice →
So, because of Google is into the whole social graph techno-hippie stuff Buzz works with open standards for moving information around. That means you can send your Tumblr into your Buzz feed as long as you make sure your public Tumblr page announces itself as belonging to the same person as your…
February 2010
3 posts
A friend of mine didn’t know my tumblr was me and thought I was a stalker. Hillars!
Names
mrgan:
Product names currently topping Engadget’s feed: (these are all real and not particularly cherry-picked)
Kula TV PMP
Optio I-10
Gateway EC14D
Alienware M11x
Projectiondesign Remote Light Source
DMC-ZS7 (Or is it 7SZ? Or SZ7? Or Z7S?)
MvixUSA Ultio Pro
Moto CLIQ
OLPC XO
Mustek MER-6T
I like “iPad”.
January 2010
5 posts
Geeks are going to buy this thing. You’re going to see it in the wild. It’ll pop...
– Jeff Croft
From today's Prop 8 testimony
Boies: Are you familiar with Megan’s law?
Miller: Yes.
Boies: Provides punishment for people who perpetrate crimes against little girls.
Miller: Yes.
Boies: Do you think that passage of that law showed the political power of little girls?